Liaodong!

On cold winter nights, everyone hid in their tents, afraid to face the cold wind outside.

It's so cold outside, and if you stand still outside, you're at risk of getting frostbitten, and people with thin clothes can even freeze to death.

Before dawn arrived, the Shandong military camp that crossed the Hunhe River was already in a bustle.

The battalions had already woken up the soldiers early, and then buried the pots to cook.

Duoduo didn't sleep all night, the Shandong army had already come to the city, and they were deploying troops all night, and at the same time, the gold, silver and jewelry in Shenyang City had to be taken away, and more armor and weapons had to be brought, and all the people in the city had to be evacuated.

Although I was prepared before, it was so thorough.

Although the Shandong army has not yet replied to the letter, Duoduo is very confident, confident that the Shandong army will not dare to act rashly, judging from his combat style of the Shandong army, the Shandong army attaches great importance to the Han people in Liaodong.

He felt that the Shandong army was still thinking about it, but it would compromise in the end.

However, Duoduo underestimated the determination of the Shandong army to destroy the Manchus, and it was determined at any cost.

The dawn of dawn appeared on the horizon of the Liaodong Plain, and the dawn of winter came very late, and it took nearly six o'clock before some misty light appeared.

However, as soon as dawn fell, the 90,000 soldiers and horses of the Shandong army had already eaten breakfast and were waiting for their orders.

"Let's go." Liu Heng shouted the order, and after a while, the whole army slaughtered towards Shenyang, which was seven miles away.

The camp of the Qing army was set up five miles away from the Shandong army, and when the Qing army was burying the pot to make food, Duoduo had already received the news, and was stunned at first, and then asked loudly: "Do they want to fight?" ”

"Minister...... I don't know. Fan Wencheng stammered.

"Blow the trumpet and fight." Duoduo shouted murderously.

…… The Shandong army had just marched less than a mile away, and the Qing army was already waiting in the distance.

The 100,000 cavalry of the Qing army, like a sea of people, stood two miles away from the Shandong army to form a confrontation situation. Duoduo yesterday transferred back the 20,000 Qing soldiers in Fushun overnight, and the cavalry in his hands had reached 100,000.

However, many of these 100,000 people were new recruits, and they were not as experienced in battles as the original Eight Banners. In addition to the 100,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry troops came from behind, plus the 40,000 infantry troops transferred back by Duoduo, the strength has reached 160,000.

The Shandong Army on the opposite side was only 88,000, of which 30,000 were the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Duoduo was interested in peace talks and sent a messenger again, but the Shandong army flatly refused. Duoduo's face was pale, Amin looked at the Shandong army opposite, although he hadn't fought with the Shandong army a few times, but his heart was cold, and he said to Duoduo: "Your Majesty, let's withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw? Where to retreat? Duoduo scolded: "As soon as we withdraw now, these Ming dogs will bite them immediately, if our people are gone, will we still have a place to turn over?" ”

Amin couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, if he retreated, once the Shandong army bit up, he was afraid that it would be even more doomed. After all, there are still 160,000 troops in hand, and once they retreat, the 60,000 infantry troops will die first.

When the infantry is lost, the cavalry can run, but what do their people use to run?

The people are all dead, what will they take to turn the book?

"War, now there is only war." Duoduo shouted: "This battle is the fortune of my Qing Dynasty, and the life and death of my Manchurian clan, if anyone dares to retreat, they will be beheaded." ”

"Yes." When the bannermen heard Duoduo say this, they couldn't help but feel a surge of enthusiasm.

Duoduo was determined to fight to the death, and the yellow banner directly dispersed the overseers of the banners, and the banners were also awe-inspiring for a while.

The Shandong army on the opposite side had already set up a formation at this moment.

20,000 cavalry were distributed on both flanks, and the infantry was arranged in the center. 30,000 cannon fodder troops are at the rear, and these cannon fodder troops are not incapable of fighting tough battles.

The Shandong Army also has a harsh military law - those who retreat are beheaded!

It's just that these cannon fodder units are used for street fighting, not for field battles, and they don't have muskets in their hands, so they are not suitable for being at the front.

This move moved the cannon fodder troops behind.

I thought that in this battle, they would rush to the front, but I didn't expect to put them behind.

Both sides were arranging their troops, and neither launched an offensive for a while.

The artillery of the Shandong army did not even fire a single artillery, and just let the Qing army spread out a formation a mile away. The Qing army naturally knew that the Shandong army had powerful artillery, but this battle could not be retreated.

Duoduo still stayed in command of the Chinese army after the arrangement, because he didn't want to be killed by the shells, so he prepared an iron house early, this iron house was made of pig iron, and the Hongyi cannon could only make a dent gap.

The howitzers of the Shandong army were far from having such a great impact, and the shrapnel that blocked the explosive bombs was not a problem at all.

However, Dodor did not dare to attack first, and they had completely lost the confidence they had in the past. Many soldiers in the Qing army looked at the Shandong army lined up in the distance and were very nervous.

The initiative was completely in the hands of the Shandong army.

Everyone in the staff headquarters boarded the command car, looked at the Qing army formation in the distance, and studied the attack plan.

"Their infantry is in the center, and their cavalry is arranged on the two wings, just like us."

"The Manchu infantry don't need to care, these infantry can't run, the important thing is the 100,000 cavalry on both wings, this battle, it is best to annihilate them all." Liu Heng said.

"Then attack the left or right flank first, cover it with artillery fire first, and then the infantry will advance as a whole anyway, attacking the Qing cavalry on the flank. The cavalry units waited for the opportunity to move, and if the Qing army charged the infantry, they would cut diagonally through the ......," a staff officer suggested.

"Not bad." Liu Heng nodded approvingly, "The biggest flaw of this Manchu formation is that their infantry cannot function like our infantry battalion, and the cavalry is divided into left and right wings. ”

"Order, shell the right flank of the Qing army. The artillery battalion attacked the Qing artillery, the 1st Infantry Battalion prepared to attack the right flank of the Qing army, and the cavalry on the left flank cooperated in the operation. Liu Heng immediately gave an order.

The shelling soon began, three infantry battalions, each with two hundred guns, for a total of six hundred guns, plus two hundred and fifty heavy guns in the artillery battalion.

Eight hundred and fifty artillery pieces, suddenly firing one after another.

All I could hear was the rumbling of cannonballs, and clouds of smoke rose from behind the formation. One after another, the shells rose into the sky and smashed towards the right flank of the Qing army.

That's more than 800 artillery pieces, and nearly 30 shells are falling from the sky every second. But the more than 200 heavy artillery pieces were fired at the artillery of the Qing army.

The artillery of the Qing army was placed in front, which was very conspicuous.

Under the sudden bombardment, the artillery in front of the Qing army was destroyed one after another.

The cavalry of the Qing army on the right flank, under the shelling, was a group of people on their backs, and the formation was thrown into confusion by the shelling.

"The right flank rushes up to me." Duoduo's eyelids jumped in the iron house, and when he saw the Shandong army launching an artillery bombardment, he knew that the decisive battle had begun.

It is impossible for the Qing army to stand there stupidly and be bombarded, the only way is to rush forward.

At this time, the Shandong army did not have a defensive offensive, but in a dignified formation, Duoduo ordered the right flank to charge, he believed that in the absence of a defensive offensive, 50,000 to 20,000, it would definitely be able to achieve victory, although the price may be very heavy, but the Shandong army is aggressive, they can no longer escape.

At the time of Dord's charge, the 1st Infantry Battalion on the left flank of the Shandong Army also began to advance.

Under the command of Zhao Yan, the 1st Infantry Battalion marched in a neat step and approached the Qing army in front. As soon as he walked a few dozen meters, suddenly the Qing cavalry in front began to rush.

"Stop advancing, the first platoon is ready to ......," Zhao Yong shouted loudly, and the first infantry battalion immediately stopped, and the musketeers in front began to prepare.

"First row ready."

"Putting ......"

The Qing army was still 500 meters away, and the musketeers in the first platoon fired the first shot at the sound of the order.

Bullets were fired along the rifling, and the Qing troops rushed with shells from 500 meters away, and the cavalry in front suddenly fell in a row, and the Qing troops in the distance were blinded.

It's so far that you can hit it?

The new musket on the battlefield gave the Manchus an unexpected blow.

The musketeers in the second row quickly stepped forward, aimed at the Qing troops rushing in front, pulled the trigger again, and fired the bullets from the chambers...... The third row continued to move forward.

Every time they shot, a dense network of fire was formed, and the rushing Qing troops were either shot by horses or by people, and in the dense charge, there was always an unlucky egg.

The cotton armor on their bodies didn't even have the slightest effect.

However, the reload speed is slower than that of the previous rifle. However, the number of shots was more than ten salvos more than the previous one.

The rushing Qing army, with the cooperation of shells and muskets, rushed all the way to death, but there were too many Qing troops rushing in, and they still kept moving forward.

This time, the war horses of the Qing army seem to have undergone special training, although there are still some horses that go crazy, but most of them are normal.

The Qing troops on the horse showed their hideous faces and spurred their horses to rush towards the 1st Infantry Battalion.

It seems that in their opinion, as long as they rush over, they can win!

When they rushed to a hundred meters away from the Shandong army, tens of thousands of Qing troops on the right flank had died. And the artillery of the Shandong Army was still shelling the Qing troops rushing behind.

"The musketeers retreated, loaded with bayonets."

"Retreat, retreat......"

Three thousand musketeers quickly retreated through the five passages. Fifteen hundred pikemen in front, lined up in three phalanxes, each of five hundred men.

The pikemen in the first two rows directly put the end of the spear on the ground, and pointed the spear diagonally at the Qing army, making this gun array a big hedgehog.

The Qing troops who rushed directly hit the muzzle of the first battalion.

The Qing army at the front rushed to the muzzle of the gun and hit it directly, and the horses were directly pierced through a big hole, and some hurriedly tightened the reins.

The pikemen in the most two rows squatted on the ground, holding the spear on the ground in one hand and holding one in the other.

Through the mouths of the European mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty, I learned that the European infantry used this tactic against the cavalry. So the pikemen began to use this set of tactics, the pikemen in front prepared two spears, dug a shallow pit in the ground, put the tail of the spear in the pit, the enemy collided, and the impact could be transferred to the ground.

The spears were four meters long, and two rows of pikemen were enough to hold back the incoming cavalry, and it was easy to deal with them as long as the speed of these cavalry was slowed down.

The cavalry who stayed where they were would definitely not be able to defeat the infantry!

(To be continued)